The goal of the ITHI project is to produce a set of indicators that will be measured and tracked over time that will help determine if the set of identifiers is overall doing better or worse. This is a long term project, expected to run for many years. The focus of the ITHI project is strictly technical. Our role is to define metrics and perform measurements in important problem areas, and to assess values and trends over time. We will leave interpretation and reaction to others.
We rely on various data sources and place a great emphasis on protecting the privacy of these sources. Instead of collecting the raw data, we let these sources extract basic statistics, devoid of personal identifiers and other sensitive information. Our processing tools are available as open source, and the data are published through the Open Data Initiative.
